What: the Natchaug River watershed outreach and education project, which the Conservation Commission follows, and the state's effort to finish a Natchaug Watershed Based Plan that EPA can approve.
Where it stands: on 2026-10-26 the Commission heard that the project won two-year funding of $150,000, against $270,000 requested, so it will do less than proposed. The state environmental agency is finishing its part of the plan (it must be a nine-element plan to be approved), and about a third of Woodstock lies in this watershed.
Next: project staff will visit candidate sites with the state, including Crystal Pond Park, looking at buffers, rain gardens and farm opportunities.
Details
Funding covers an advisory board that is adding a sixth work group for agriculture. Staff time for water quality monitoring was not funded, so stream insect assessments and temperature loggers will rely on volunteers and borrowed state equipment.
Information is from YouTube auto-generated captions; figures were spoken in the meeting and not checked against a document.